Maybe, it certainly looks like some sort of fuel container. The only carbide lamps I have seen had a canister that screws onto the bottom of the lamp itself. Given the trip was 28 days, I would be surprised if the were carrying enough carbide to ride much at night - I thought the typical container lasted around 3 hours

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